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Tornado Warning 61, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Sep 21, 2005, 5:34 PM CDT for Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 56 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 21, 2005, 5:34 PM CDT (22:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2005, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Stearns County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 5:45 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 E Paynesville, MN | |
| Sep 21, 5:54 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 S Richmond, MN | COVERING THE GROUND. |
| Sep 21, 5:56 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | Richmond, MN | |
| Sep 21, 5:58 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Cold Spring, MN | |
| Sep 21, 6:03 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 E Cold Spring, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 110 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -441 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1544 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KMPX 212234 TORMPX MNC145-212330- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0061.050921T2234Z-050921T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 534 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 532 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALBANY...OR ABOUT 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF LITCHFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ALBANY... PAYNESVILLE... ST MARTIN... ST NICHOLAS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4548 9489 4536 9467 4546 9432 4566 9458 $$ KAT
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 212247 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 547 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2005 MNC145-212330- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0061.000000T0000Z-050921T2330Z/ STEARNS MN- 547 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR STEARNS COUNTY... AT 545 PM CDT...A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED EAST OF PAYNESVILLE. SPOTTERS REPORTED THIS FUNNEL CLOUD WAS LOWERING...AND A TORNADO MAY BE IMMINENT. AT 545 PM CDT...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROSCOE...OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTH OF LITCHFIELD...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ST NICHOLAS...LUXEMBURG... WAITE PARK...ST MARTIN...ROCKVILLE...RICHMOND...PLEASANT LAKE AND COLD SPRING. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4550 9473 4533 9467 4534 9422 4558 9420 $$ KAT
000 WWUS53 KMPX 212330 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 630 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2005 MNC067-212340- /O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-050921T2330Z/ KANDIYOHI MN- 630 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR KANDIYOHI COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM CDT... THE SEVERE STORM HAS MOVED EAST OF KANDIYOHI COUNTY. LAT...LON 4527 9498 4501 9497 4500 9477 4531 9479 $$ KAT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Stearns | 67 min |
| Sep 21, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne | 40 min |
| Sep 21, 5:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 40 min |
| Sep 21, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 61 min |
| Sep 21, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Wright | 41 min |
| Sep 21, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker | 31 min |
| Sep 21, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 39 min |
| Sep 21, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Sherburne, Wright | 67 min |
| Sep 21, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker | 67 min |
| Sep 21, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker | 27 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.